Ruteline Coleoptera of Cei/Jon. ;^,50 



the whole of the lower surface, the femora, and often the 

 posterior part of the pyp;irliiim yellow, with a faint metallic 

 tinge, and the tibiie and tarsi deep metallic green. 



The body is compactly oval and convex and very densely 

 punctured over the whole upper surface. The clypens and 

 forehead arc very deeply and densely punctured, the elypeus 

 broad and nearly straight in the middle. The pronotum and 

 seutellum are finely punctured, the punctures very dense on 

 the former and becoming coarser at the sides. The elytra 

 are equally densely and rather more coarsely punctured, with 

 slight indications of longitudinal rows of punctures. The 

 marginal membrane is extremely narrow. The i)ygi{lium is 

 moderately closely rugosely punctured, and bears very scanty 

 setae, and the metasternnm is densely punctured and thinly 

 pubescent at the sides. 



This species is one of the numerous very closely similar 

 forms of the EucMora groiip related to A. perplexa, Hope. 

 It is almost identical in size, shape, and coloration to that, 

 but the membranous margins of the elytra arc narrower and 

 the pygidium less hairy. A. malabariensis, Bl., is also very 

 similar, but smaller and more elongate, with the front angles 

 of the prothorax sharper, the elytra with distinct rows of 

 punctures larger than the rest, the pygidium densely rugose, 

 and the tibife and tarsi slightly coppery instead of green. 



Anomala peflucida, sp. n. 



Pallida testacea, capita, tibiis posticis, tarsis omnibus, prouoti mar- 

 gine postico, scutalli elytrorumque marginibus extremis angus- 

 tissime rufis ; breviter oylindrica, convexa, polita ; capita minute 

 rugoso, clypeo antice verticeque punctatis ; j^rothorace subtilitcr 

 punctato, lateribus fortiter curvatis, angnlis anticis acutis, posticis 

 fere rotundatis ; ecutcllo subtilissime punctato, apice vix angii- 

 lato ; elytris profunde striatis, striis crebre punctatis; pygidio 

 modice punctato, metasteriio crebre puuctato, parce hirto ; pedum 

 anticorum tibiis fortiter bidantatis, ungue majori fisso : 



cJ , clava antennali longa, ungue antico majori paulo dilatato. 



Long. 16-18 mm. ; lat. max. 9-10 mm. 



Hab. S. India : Madura : Ceylox. 



Pale testaceous yellow, with the head (except an undefined 

 pale patch on each side of the elypeus), the hind tibiae, tarsi, 

 and extreme edges of the seutellum, elytra, and base of the 

 pronotum reddish. 



The insect is broadly cylindrical and convex. The head is 

 finely rugose, with the anterior part of the elypeus and the 

 hinder part of the vertex shining and distinctly punctured. 



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